The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 11, 1968
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
6:19 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.46° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.60° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.